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Summary: Phytologia (December 2011) 93(3)316
IDENTIFICATON OF THE ELBURZ MOUNTAINS, IRAN
JUNIPER AS JUNIPERUS POLYCARPOS VAR. POLYCARPOS
Robert P. Adams
Biology Department, Baylor University, Box 97388,Waco, TX
76798, USA, Robert_Adams@baylor.edu
and
Parvin S. Shanjani
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Box 13185-116,
Tehran, Iran
ABSTRACT
The utilization of 3,714 bp from four gene regions (nrDNA,
petN-psbM, trnD-trnT, trnS-trnG) was sufficient to accurately identify an
unknown juniper taxon from the Elburz Mtns., Iran as Juniperus
polycarpos var. polycarpos, not J. excelsa. The combined NJ tree (3,714
bp) showed J. polycarpos var. turcomanica to be more closely related to
J. excelsa, than to J. p. var. polycarpos. Phytologia 93(2): 316-321
(December 1, 2011).
KEY WORDS: Juniperus polycarpos var. polycarpos, J. p. var.
seravschanica, J. p. var. turcomanica, J. excelsa, Cupressaceae, Iran,
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